Felix Endrich
Bobsleigh, Olympic athlete
1921 – 1953
Who was Felix Endrich?
Felix Endrich was a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won the gold medal in the two-man event at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz.
Endrich also won four medals in the two-man event at the FIBT World Championships with two golds, one silver, and one bronze.
Endrich was killed at the 1953 FIBT World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany during the four-man competition when the sled he was driving hurtled over a wall and crashed into a tree. He suffered a broken neck in the collision and was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. He had also won the two-man world championship a week earlier.
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- Born
- Dec 5, 1921
- Nationality
- Switzerland
- Died
- Jan 31, 1953
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
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on July 23, 2013
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